Overview

• Officers in Kanpur named eight suspects and have detained four, while prime accused Pawan Nishad, his brother Bobby, and two others remain absconding.
• Investigators say the victim, Rishikesh, was targeted over his relationship with the sister of the prime suspect, who had previously warned him to end it.
• Police allege Rishikesh was lured to the Kakori forest, tied up, assaulted, beheaded, and dismembered before the remains were driven in a stolen e-rickshaw and dumped into the Ganga.
• Rishikesh went missing on August 30 and his torso was recovered the next day on the Ganga’s Maharajpur bank, with police stating other remains were likely discarded in the river.
• Forensic steps include a postmortem and planned DNA sampling, and investigators say they will examine the prime suspect’s phone for a purported recording if he is caught.